18 ETFs up over 100% This Year

With US equities up over 60% from their lows in March 2009, there are several ETFs out there that have more than doubled those returns.Â Of course, leveraged ETFs performed in stellar fashion during this period due to an unprecedented upward bias with very little downward volatility (see how leveraged ETFs can lose 90% even when the underlying index is flat over a given period), but there are even some sector/country conventional ETFs in there as well:

All ETFs up over 100% in 2009 YTD as of December 2
BDDÂ Â 204.83%Â Â PowerShares DB Base Metals Dble Long ETN
EDCÂ Â 164.77%Â Â Direxion Daily Emrg Mkts Bull 3X Shares
TYHÂ 152.51% Â Â Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3X Shares
LDÂ Â Â Â Â 138.11% Â Â iPath DJ AIG Lead TR Sub-Idx ETN
RSXÂ Â 137.49% Â Â Market Vectors Russia ETF
AGQÂ 134.57% Â Â Ultra Silver ProShares
KOLÂ Â 133.92% Â Â Market Vectors Coal ETF
UYMÂ 130.58% Â Ultra Basic Materials ProShares
PKOLÂ 130.48%Â Â PowerShares Global Coal
EWZÂ Â 129.70% Â Â iShares MSCI Brazil Index
JJCÂ Â Â Â 128.20% Â Â iPath DJ AIG Copper TR Sub-Idx ETN
ROMÂ 124.05% Â Â Ultra Technology ProShares
SLXÂ Â Â Â 107.35%Â Market Vectors Steel ETF
GMLÂ Â 106.62% Â SPDR S&P Emerging Latin America
USDÂ Â 105.27% Â Â Ultra Semiconductor ProShares
RTGÂ Â 104.85% Â Â Rydex 2x S&P Select Sector Technology
QLDÂ Â 104.72% Â Â Ultra QQQ ProShares
HAOÂ 102.44% Â Â Claymore/AlphaShares China Small Cap